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Times:

Th 01:30 - 03:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 224f (1) - Launching Your Global Career: Speaker Time

Students in BUS 224f should reserve Thursday 3-6 for speakers; 1hr 30min will be used from this slot each time there is a speaker.

Instructor(s):

Times:

Th 03:00 - 06:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 226f (1) - Managing Global Human Capital

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. An introduction to the human resource function and international considerations for HR. Topics include management practices in the areas of employment, compensation, leadership development, and policies and procedures. Students will learn the nuances of managing human capital in multinational firms. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Suderow, Detlev

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 230a - Entrepreneurship

Addresses the fundamentals of starting and growing a business, including entrepreneurial finance and financial management. Covers theory and practice and includes presentations by speakers engaged in entrepreneurship, underwriting, and venture capital. The major assignment is a team project to construct a business plan for a startup company using actual data. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Reed, Charles

Times:

T 03:00 - 06:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 252a - Marketing Management

An in-depth exploration and practical application of the basic marketing tools of product policy, pricing, promotion, distribution, sales management, customer segmentation and retention, in order to analyze marketing opportunities and develop marketing programs for a variety of management situations. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Zimmerman, Grace

Times:

M, W 11:00 - 12:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

BUS 260a - Competition and Strategy

This course not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 245f or IEF 245a in previous years. Introduces frameworks for analyzing industries and firm competitive advantage and reviews key concepts in business strategy. Uses case method to practice strategic thinking and team projects to practice business research. Core for M.B.A. students and recommended for other business students. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin

Times:

M, W 09:30 - 11:00 AM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 267f (2) - Investment Banking

Corequisite: FIN 201a. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. A study of the role of investment banks in the capital markets, with particular focus on M&A, stock and fixed income underwriting, asset securitization, global financial markets, and trading. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Ho, James

Times:

Th 09:00 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 270a - Managing International Business

Focuses on how large and small businesses operate across national borders. Through discussion of cases and concepts, the course explores the strategy, management, and performance of multinational enterprises. Special focus on business development strategies of new enterprises pursuing opportunities in international markets. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

TBA

Times:

M, W 05:00 - 06:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 273f (1) - Supply Chain Management

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Studies classic and contemporary issues in supply chain strategy and management. Examines what capabilities a supply chain must have to support a firm's business strategy and the implications for supply chain structure. Topics include the strategic role of the supply chain, methodologies for designing and planning a supply chain, and issues in the management of supply chains. Uses analytical spreadsheet models and case studies to examine structure and performance of domestic and global supply chains in a variety of industries. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

M, W 02:00 - 03:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

BUS 275f (1) - Transnational Negotiations

Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 236f in previous years. Explores the dynamics of international business negotiations in the context of evolving global industries. Students will develop an understanding of negotiation strategy, positioning, and process, as well as the skill necessary to effectively design, negotiate, and manage transnational deals. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Cohen, Steven

Times:

M 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

BUS 275f (2) - Transnational Negotiations

Instructor(s):

Cohen, Steven

Times:

M 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

BUS 276a - Business Dynamics

A study of why so many business strategies generate disappointing results or outright failure. Case studies include successful applications of system dynamics in growth strategy, management of technology, operations, project management, and implementation of improvement programs. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Aikens, III, Alexander E.

Times:

M, W 03:30 - 05:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 278f (1) - Corporate Governance

Prerequisite: FIN 212a. Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. How the board of directors, management, shareholders, and an external auditor should work. How individual goals and external pressures influence individuals, and how their decisions impact a corporation's failure or success. Focuses on the United States with comparisons to Europe and Asia. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Schumann, Erich

Times:

T 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

BUS 280f (2) - Operational Risk Management

Prerequisite: FIN 212a. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Today's managers must be able to assess the risk profile of their business and respond to issues as they arise. Examines how companies are dealing with massive changes in legislation that have made executives in the U.S. and abroad fully accountable for effective operational risk management and how they are using the Enterprise Risk Management framework of COSO and COBIT, and the Balanced Scorecard. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Schumann, Erich

Times:

T 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

BUS 281f (2) - The Legal Environment for Global Managers

Prerequisite: It is recommended that students have taken a core of economics or finance courses. Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. An introductory course intended to explore fundamental legal issues and concepts that impact financial management. Recent events in commercial and financial markets make it evident that legal and compliance risks require the same level of scrutiny and review as other financial activities, such as capital budgeting. While this module does not undertake to completely or totally prepare students to engage in these reviews, it provides the basic building blocks. Students should emerge with an understanding of the nexus of law and finance. The text primarily used is Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century and is supplemented with case studies to ensure learning of the application of legal concepts. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

Th 12:00 - 03:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 295a - Field Projects in Consulting

Open only to second-year IBS students. Student teams work on consulting projects for external clients and are responsible for delivering professional-quality work. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Sherden, William

Times:

M, W 08:00 - 09:30 AM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

International Business: Spring Semester, 2008

BUS 211f (2) - Information Management

Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Surveys quantitative techniques and computer tools in management information systems including database manipulation. Objective of the course is to help students acquire advanced computer skills through cases and hands-on applications. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

Th 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 221a - Managing Across Cultures

Focuses on interpersonal challenges of managing across cultures. Using a combination of lecture, role-plays, video, and student presentations, this course will equip students with skills and perspectives that will enable them to function more effectively in foreign cultural situations. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Molinsky, Andrew

Times:

Th 09:00 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 224f (1) - Launching Your Global Career

Instructor(s):

Times:

Th 01:30 - 03:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 224f (1) - Launching Your Global Career - Speaker Time

Speaker Time Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. The goal of this course is to equip students with the career management skills essential to surviving and excelling in today's global labor market. Provides graduate students with a foundation and necessary tools for identifying target positions; conducting an effective and efficient job search; building career-planning and job-search skills that will be useful throughout their careers.

Instructor(s):

Times:

Th 03:00 - 06:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 227f (2) - Leading People and Organizations

How do people follow your lead? This half-semester course will teach you to manage people by exploring successful management and leadership practices in global enterprises through the use of case studies, individual and team research, as well as hands-on approaches.

Instructor(s):

Suderow, Detlev

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 231a - Entrepreneurial Finances and Business Plans

Open only to IBS students. Introduces techniques for preparing business plans and explores the process of using a business plan to acquire funding. Requires students to prepare a business plan for a new venture and to present this plan in front of a critical audience. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Reed, Charles

Times:

T 03:00 - 06:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 235f (1) - Real Estate

Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Introduction to the analysis, financing, and management of income-producing real property. Explores how investors and developers identify projects, determine value, design marketing strategies, and obtain financing in the debt and equity markets. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Bayone, Edward J.

Times:

M, W 11:00 - 12:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 236f (2) - International Real Estate

Prerequisite: BUS 235f. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. A follow-up to BUS 235f. Looks at the analysis, financing, and management of income-producing real property in mature markets (Hong Kong and Western Europe) and in the emerging markets (Latin America, Eastern Europe, and mainland China). Using case discussion, explores how developers and investors identify projects, determine value, design marketing strategies, and obtain financing in their debt and equity markets. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Bayone, Edward J.

Times:

M, W 11:00 - 12:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 250a - Global Marketing Strategy

Starting with a brief overview of marketing disciplines, the course will develop strategies for entering and operating in diverse international markets at varying levels of investment. The case study method will be used to examine the process that leads to a successful marketing strategy, including financial analysis, economic and geographic evaluation, cultural and political assessment, and infrastructure evaluation. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Wang, Xin

Times:

T, F 01:30 - 03:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

BUS 254a - Marketing Strategy

Prerequisite: BUS 252a is strongly recommended as a foundation. Examines the value of building, sustaining, and communicating a company's brand and its value proposition through promotional activities and channels of distribution. A competitive, online simulation is used to enhance case studies. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Zimmerman, Grace

Times:

M, W 11:00 - 12:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

BUS 255f (1) - Consumer Behavior

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Focuses on consumer behavior and the underlying cognitive process at various purchase stages. Provides students hands-on experience collecting and interpreting qualitative consumer behavior data. Through team projects and case studies, students explore how consumer movies, values, and perceptions influence their purchase decisions and the firm's marketing mix strategies. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Wang, Xin

Times:

W 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

BUS 256f (2) - Marketing Research

This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken BUS 253a in previous years. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. An introduction to quantitative marketing research methods and models. Provides students hands-on experience and essential tools for analyzing consumer preference data and marketing information. Explores how analytics guide marketing decisions such as new product development, market segmentation, targeting and positioning. Students will also learn to use software packages such as SPSS and Excel. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Wang, Xin

Times:

W 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

BUS 260a S1 - Competition and Strategy - MBA STUDENTS ONLY

Introduces frameworks for analyzing industries and firm competitive advantage and reviews key concepts in business strategy. Uses case method to practice strategic thinking and team projects to practice business research. Core for MBA students and recommended for other business students. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin

Times:

M, W 09:30 - 11:00 AM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 260a S2 - Competition and Strategy

Instructor(s):

Banerjee, Preeta M.

Times:

M, W 09:30 - 11:00 AM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 261a - Technology Strategy

May not be repeated for credit by students who took BUS 261f in pervious semesters. Focuses on skills and strategies needed to develop businesses based on new technologies. Through discussion of cases and concepts, the course explores innovation and technology management, strategy, marketing, financing, and performance of new ventures in entrepreneurial or existing firms. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Banerjee, Preeta M.

Times:

M, W 05:00 - 06:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 262f (1) - Alliance Strategy

Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. In many industries, collaboration between firms now goes hand in hand with competition. Inter-firm alliances of various sorts (e.g., joint ventures, joint research, and long-term supply contracts) have become critical to success in high-technology industries, as well as in certain geographic markets. Surveys the strategic and organizational issues involved in using such alliances. Discusses ideas from the theoretical, empirical, and normative research on the topic, and applies these ideas to managerial decisions using case studies. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin

Times:

M, W 12:30 - 02:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 265a - Consulting Perspectives

This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken BUS 264f in previous years. A hands-on view of the consulting industry and the experience of working on a consulting team. Provides insights into the consulting role, consulting tools and processes, working in teams, and guidelines for making effective presentations. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Sherden, William

Times:

T, Th 05:00 - 06:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 272a - Operations Management

Explores how different business strategies require different business processes, and, conversely, how different operational capabilities support different strategies to gain competitive advantage. Topics may include inventory management, cycle time management, supply chain management, quality management, and process management and improvement, as well as recent developments such as lean or world-class manufacturing, just-in-time operations, time-based competition, and business reengineering. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

M, W 03:30 - 05:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

BUS 275f (1) - Transnational Negotiations

Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Explores the dynamics of international business negotiations in the context of evolving global industries. Students will develop an understanding of negotiation strategy, positioning, and process, as well as the skills necessary to effectively design, negotiate, and manage transnational deals. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Cohen, Steven

Times:

M 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

BUS 277f (1) - Corporations and Communities

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Through case studies and meetings with corporate decision makers, students explore shifting strategies and developing programs in the rapidly changing arena of corporate social responsibility.

Instructor(s):

Appell, Michael

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 279f (2) - Corporate Fraud: Detection and Prevention

Prerequisite: FIN 212a. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Exposes students to the problem of fraudulent financial reporting, including its causes, impact, and practical, cost-effective responses. Using actual and simulated case material, students will acquire skills needed to identify, investigate, and report findings on corporate fraud. Usually offered every third year.

Instructor(s):

Schumann, Erich

Times:

M 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

BUS 286a - Applications of System Dynamics

Prerequisite: BUS 276a. Gives students the opportunity to apply the standard method of system dynamics to assist a real company or organization. The core activity in the course is to work with a client organization, using the tools of system dynamics, to develop insights into a problem the client has identified. Students experience conceptualizing and building a system dynamics model "from scratch," learn a set of standard pieces of model structure called "molecules," and gain an appreciation for the challenges and rewards of consulting for clients in a helping relationship. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

M, W 02:00 - 03:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

BUS 295a - Field Projects in Consulting (in conjunction with Field Project)

Open only to second-year IBS students. Student teams work on consulting projects for external clients and are responsible for delivering professional-quality work. Usually offered every year. BUS 295a will meet for one hour and a half in conjunction with a Consulting Field Project.

Instructor(s):

Sherden, William

Times:

T 09:00 - 10:30 AM

Location:

Sachar, 115

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ECON 134b - Public Sector Economics

Prerequisite: ECON 80a and ECON 83a or permission of the instructor. The effect of tax and expenditure policies on economic efficiency and equity. Topics include externalities and public goods, public choice, cost-benefit analysis, income redistribution, social security, and health care. Also discussion of U.S. tax system, public debt, and state and local finance. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Dolbear, Jr., F. Trenery

Times:

M, W 03:30 - 05:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

ECON 135a - Industrial Organization

Prerequisite: ECON 80a and ECON 83a or permission of the instructor. Microeconomic analysis of firm behavior under alternative market structures and implications for market outcomes. Topics include strategic interaction, entry and exit, collusion, predation, price discrimination, product differentiation, vertical relations, imperfect information, advertising, and patents and innovation. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Graddy, Kathryn

Times:

T, F 01:30 - 03:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 160a - International Trade Theory

Prerequisite: ECON 80a and ECON 83a or permission of the instructor. Causes and consequences of international trade and factor movements. Topics include determinants of trade, effects on welfare and income distribution, trade and growth, protection, foreign investment, immigration, and preferential trading. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

McCulloch, Rachel

Times:

T, F 03:00 - 04:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

ECON 184b - Econometrics

Prerequisites: ECON 80a, 82b, and 83a. An introduction to the theory of econometric regression and forecasting models, with applications to the analysis of business and economic data. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Li, Hong

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

ECON 200f (2) - Fundamentals of Microeconomics

Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 200f in previous years. Designed for first-year M.A. students. An introduction to key theoretical concepts in microeconomics. Calculus will only be used in a very limited number of cases. Emphasizes topics important in other IEF classes, such as financial theory or international trade. Some material is applicable to courses in business strategy. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Alam, Nabeela

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

ECON 201a S1 - Global Economic Environment

May not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 253a, 257a or 201a in previous years. A look at global economic environments from the perspective of all stakeholders, including governments, businesses, consumers, labor, rich, and poor. Takes a multidisciplinary approach drawing on international politics, economy, finance, and business management. The course is divided in two major themes: the economic finance dimension and the political social dimension. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Cecchetti, Stephen

Times:

M, W 11:00 - 12:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 201a S2 - Global Economic Environment

Instructor(s):

Cecchetti, Stephen

Times:

M, W 02:00 - 03:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 201a S3 - Global Economic Environment

Instructor(s):

Ballantine, Jr., John

Times:

M 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

ECON 201a S4 - Global Economic Environment

Instructor(s):

Mann, Catherine

Times:

M, W 12:30 - 02:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 210f (1) - Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Intended for students with little or no prior coursework in statistics. Introduction to statistical thinking and analytic methods, emphasizing business decision-making. Considerable use of statistical software (Stata), readings, cases, and projects permits focus on concepts, models, and interpretation of results. Topics include descriptive statistics, financial models, estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

M, W 08:00 - 09:30 AM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 210f (2) - Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 288f in previous years. Intended for students with little or no prior coursework in statistics. Introduction to statistical thinking and analytic methods, emphasizing business decision-making. Considerable use of statistical software (Stata), readings, cases, and projects permits focus on concepts, models, and interpretation of results. Topics include descriptive statistics, financial models, estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Times:

Th 06:30 - 09:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

ECON 232f (1) - Country Risk Analysis

Prerequisites: ECON 201a (formerly IEF 201a) (may be taken concurrently). Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 221f in previous years. Explores country risk from the perspective of bankers who seek long-standing relationships with clients in emerging markets. Examines quantitative and qualitative techniques to manage country risk in a dynamic environment. Various country crises and success stories will be analyzed by using case studies. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Bayone, Edward J.

Times:

Th 09:00 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, Lee Hall, 180

ECON 262f (2) - Outsourcing & Offshoring: Information Technology and Globalization

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Outsourcing and offshoring raise questions of economic theory, business strategy, and policy emphasis for both industrial and emerging economies. This course examines and assesses empirically different theories of the multinational firm. Addresses how pervasive application of information technology exposes firms to business opportunities and economies to policy challenges. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Mann, Catherine

Times:

M, W 08:00 - 09:30 AM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 307f (2) - Empirical Methods for Dynamic Economic Models

Prerequisite: ECON 304a. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. An advanced topics course on contemporary methods to solve, estimate, and evaluate structural models of the microeconomy. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Hall, George

Times:

W 03:30 - 06:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, 115

ECON 312a - Advanced Econometrics

Prerequisite: ECON 215a (formerly IEF 284b). This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 384b in previous years. Covers several econometric topics drawn from cross-sectional and time series disciplines. A theme throughout the course is the use of computational models such as bootstrapping and Monte-Carlo experiments. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Li, Hong

Times:

T 01:30 - 04:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

ECON 314f (1) - Topics in Applied Econometrics

Prerequisite: Ph.D. econometrics core course. Open only to IBS students. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Provides a solid understanding of advanced cross-section and panel data econometric models. Usually offered every second year.

Instructor(s):

Sanyal, Paroma

Times:

M, W 11:00 - 12:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

ECON 340a - Industrial Organization

Prerequisite: ECON 302a (formerly IEF 301b). This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 335b in previous years. Examines factors that affect the organization of industrial activity. The course includes cross-country studies of firm and industry structure and performance and their technological and institutional determinants, innovative behavior under comparative market multinationals and their strategic behavior, and comparative perspectives on the economic role of the state. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Sanyal, Paroma
Graddy, Kathryn

Times:

T 09:00 - 12:00 PM
T 09:00 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite
Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

ECON 399a - Dissertation Workshop

Prerequisite: ECON 302a (formerly IEF 301b) and ECON 304a (formerly IEF 302b). This course may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken IEF 399a in previous years. Involves invited lectures by Brandeis faculty and other researchers. Presentation and discussion of dissertation topics and work in progress. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Osler, Carol

Times:

Th 09:00 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

International Economics: Spring Semester, 2008

Econ 122b - The Economics of the Middle East

Prerequisite: ECON 2a or the equivalent. Does not count toward the upper-level elective requirement for the major in economics. Examines the Middle East economies--past experiences, present situation, and future challenges--drawing on theories, policy formulations and empirical studies of economic growth, trade, poverty, income distribution, labor markets, finance and banking, government reforms, globalization, and Arab-Israeli political economy. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Habibi, Nader

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Location:

Econ 141b - Economics of Innovation

Prerequisites: ECON 80a and ECON 83a or permission of the instructor. Technological change as the central focus of modern economies. Topics include changing industrial and international specialization, economics of research and development, innovation, diffusion and technology transfer, appropriability, patents, information markets, productivity, intersectoral effects, and global competitiveness. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Jefferson, Gary H.

Times:

T, F 09:00 - 10:30 AM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

Econ 172b - Money & Banking

Prerequisites: ECON 82b and 83a or permission of the instructor. Considers the operation of banks and other financial institutions in a money- and capital-market setting. The role of central banks in the control of the quantity of money is examined in relation to the performance of the national economy. Supervision of banks, insurance of deposits, reform of banking legislation, as well as the internationalization of banking are also studied. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Cecchetti, Stephen

Times:

M, W 02:00 - 03:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

Econ 175a - Introduction to the Economics of Development

Prerequisite: ECON 2a or permission of the instructor. Does not count toward the upper-level elective requirement for the major in economics. An introduction to various models of economic growth and development and evaluation of these perspectives from the experience of developing and industrial countries. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Deng, Paul (Duo)

Times:

T, Th 05:00 - 06:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

Econ 176a - The Household, Health, and Hunger in Developing Countries

Prerequisites: ECON 80a and 83 or permisson of the instructor. ECON 175a is recommended. Primarily recommended for juniors and seniors. Examines aspects of poverty and nutrition that are confronted by households in low-income countries. Examines these issues primarily from a microeconomic perspective, although some macroeconomic angles are explored as well. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Menon, Nidhiya

Times:

T, F 10:30 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

Econ 181b - Game Theory and Economic Applications

Prerequisites: ECON 80a, ECON 83a, MATH 10a or equivalent. Analysis of decision making in multiperson settings. Studies models of equilibrium and various kinds of games under perfect and imperfect information. The applications include competition, auctions, voting, risk sharing, bargaining. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Chen, Jasmine

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 55

Econ 184b S1 - Econometrics

Instructor(s):

Seltzer, Andrew

Times:

M, W 03:30 - 05:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

Econ 184b S2 - Econometrics

Instructor(s):

Seltzer, Andrew

Times:

M, W 05:00 - 06:30 PM

Location:

Lemberg, 54

Econ 185a - Econometrics with Linear Applications

Prerequisites: ECON 80a, 82b, 83a and MATH 15a. A working knowledge of linear algebra is required. Students are first exposed to the necessary background in advanced probability theory and statistics. Then statistical theory for the linear regression model, its most important variants, and extensions to nonlinear methods including Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) are covered. Theoretical analysis is accompanied by the study of empirical economic examples. Usually offered every second year.

Instructor(s):

Li, Hong

Times:

T, F 12:00 - 01:30 PM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

ECON 202a S1 - Applied International Macroeconomics

Prerequisite: ECON 201a or the equivalent. Reviews basic domestic and international macroeconomics, including the goals and functioning of monetary authorities, national income and balance of payments accounting, PPP, interest parity, and the relative merits of different exchange-rate regimes. Advanced topics include exchange-rate crises, hyperinflation, inflation stabilization, and "global imbalances." Lectures, assignments, and tests stress applications to countries throughout the world. Also covers the basic skills required to understand and manipulate macroeconomic data. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):

Osler, Carol

Times:

T, F 09:00 - 10:30 AM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 202a S2 - Applied International Macroeconomics

Instructor(s):

Osler, Carol

Times:

T, F 10:30 - 12:00 PM

Location:

Sachar, Int'l Hall, 116

ECON 205f (2) - Applied Business Cycle Analysis

Prerequisites: ECON 201a and 202a. Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Focuses on the determinants of short-run economy-wide fluctuations in output. Develops the time-series tools needed to summarize the data and provides an introduction to macroeconomic forecasting and empirical policy analysis. Usually offered every second year.

Instructor(s):

Hall, George

Times:

T, F 09:00 - 10:30 AM

Location:

Sachar, Chancellor's Suite

ECON 210f (1) - Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Introduction to statistical thinking and analytic methods, emphasizing business decision making. Considerable use of statistical software permits focus on concepts, models, and interpretation.Topics include descriptive statistics, financial models, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, and forecasting. Usually offered every year.

Instructor(s):